Faced monolithic building wall



March 29, 1949. HARD: ET AL 2,465,871

FACED MONOLITHIC BUILDING WALL Filed Dec. 5, 1946 3 SheetsSheet 1 L I '1I9 I6 I I I I w I i Inventor Charles A. Hardie Frank M. Pennebaker I7 WWEm 1949. c. A. HARDIE ET AL 2,465,871

FACED MONOLITHIC BUILDING WALL Filed Dec. 5, 1946 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 r I9I lllz'entor Charles A. Hardie 1 4 I Frank M. Pennebaker i I l h B) @6March 29, 1949. c, HARDIE ET AL 7 2,465,871

FACED MONOLITHIG BUILDING WALL Filed Dec. 3, 1945 s Shets-Sheet 3 Fig.5.w 1'" 2/ I n zelltor Charles A. Hurdle Frank M. Pennebaker By 2mmPatented Mar. 29, 1949 OFFICE FACED MONOLITHIC BUILDING WALL Charles A.Hardie, Gretna, and Frank M. v

Pennebaker, New orleans La.

Application December 3, 1946',"' SerialNo. 713,806

This invention relates to building construction and more particularly tothe construction of a monolithic wall.

The primary object of the invention is to increase the rapidity oferection of buildings, walls and the like and to present the appearanceof a conventional brick building in the completed structure.

Another object is to simplify the construction of a building and avoidthe necessity of employing highly skilled labor in buildingconstruction.

A further object is to enable a building to be constructed by using onlyunskilled or semiskilled labor, and hence effect economies in theerection of the building.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this inventionwhich embodies among its features erectin a vertical form, arranging ona platform adjacent the form a group of facing units, placing over theexposed faces of the facing units a reinforcing grid, moving as a unitthe platform and facing units together with thegrid into a verticalposition in spaced parallel relation to the vertical form and pouringconcrete aggregate into the space between the form and the facing unitscompletely to embed the grid.

Other features include anchoring the grid to the facing units so as tohold the facing units in proper position during the moving of theplatform and facing units into proper position with relation to thevertical form.

Still other features include a facing uni-t comprising an elongatedrectangular body, a finish face on one side of the body and alongitudinally extending anchoring tongue integral with the body andprojecting from the face of the body opposite the finish face midwaybetween opposite side edges thereof.

Still other features include spaced parallel vertically extendingpilasters on the face of the wall opposite the finished face.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a platform embodyingthe features of this invention,

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 illustrating the facing units inplace on the platform with a fragment of the reinforcing grid inposition ready for movement of the platform into proper relation withthe vertical wall form,

Figure 3 is a sectional view through a footing showing the vertical formin place and the platform about to be moved into proper relation to thevertical form,

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing 1 Claim. (01. 72417) thevertical form and platform in vertically spaced relation with the spacebetween filled with concrete aggregate,

' Figure 5 is a view similar to Figur 4 showing the platform removedwith the vertical form still inplace, I

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 showing the vertical formremoved,

Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially along theline 1-1 of Figure 4,

Figure 8 is a perspective view of one of the facing units, and

Figure 9 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken substantiallyon the line 9-9 of Figure2 Referring to the drawings in detail afoundation or footing in has erected along one side edge thereof avertical form designated generally II. This vertical form comprises aplurality of spaced parallel uprights l2 to which are attached in anysuitable manner planks l3 forming a wall against which the concreteaggregate is poured. Extending in vertically spaced relation from theface of the form H with which the concrete aggregate contacts is aplurality of vertically spaced fillers 14 forming at spaced intervalsvertically extending recesses [5 the purpose of which will bemore fullyhereinafter explained.

A platform designated generally It comprises spaced parallel bracemembers I I to which are attached planks l8 forming a sheathing, t0 theouter faces of which is secured in any suitable manner a facin sheath l9carrying on its ex-- posed face horizontally disposed spacing strips 20between which extend spacing strips 2| which when the device is incooperative relation with the form ll extend vertically. These strips 20and 2|v cooperate to form rectangular recesses 22 into which the facingunits to be more fully hereinafter described are received.

Each facing unit comprises an elongated rectangular body 23 (Fig. 8)formed with a finished face 24 and provided on the side opposite thefinished face with a longitudinally extending tongue 25 which projectsbeyond the body midway between opposite side edges thereof.

In the construction of a wall the facing units are placed in therecesses 22 as illustrated in the drawings with the finished faces 24resting against the member l9 and the tongues 25 projecting outwardlyfrom the platform "5, it being understood that the platform is firstplaced either in a horizontal or inclined position as illustrated inFigures 1, 2 and 3. Having properly positioned the facing units in theirrespective recesses, a

reinforcing grid 26 is placed over the exposed sides of the facing unitsand suitable clips 21 are arranged to hold the grid into contact withthe facing units. It will be understood of course that the grid withwhich the clips 21 engage the facing units is sufiicient to properlyhold the entire group of facing units in place. Having thus arranged thefacing units on the platform and secured them by the grid 26, theplatform is elevated as suggested in Figure 3 on the foundation [6 intothe position illustrated in Figure 4 and properly braced to hold thevertical form section II and the platform I6 in spaced parallelrelation. Concrete aggregate is then introduced into the space betweenthe vertical form section .I l and the platform I6 completely to fillthe space and flow into the crevices formed between the spacing units bythe spacers 20 and 2|. In this way the reinforcing grid 26 and the clips21 will bewholly enclosed in the concrete aggregate while the ribs 25 ofthe facing units will be embedded in the concrete aggregate. When theaggregate has become set, the vertical form H and the platform I6 may beremoved leaving the facing units embedded in a monolithic wall topresent the appearance of a brick structure. Due to the vertical spacesl5 of the vertical form H the wall thus formed will be provided withvertically extending pilasters 28 (Fig. 7) upon which the interiorfinishelements of the building may be supported.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a wall will be constructedwhich on one face will resemble a brick wall and yet the facing unitsbeing embedded in the concrete aggregate of the wall proper will knittherewith and form a monolithic structure. Obviously the cracks orcrevices formed between the facing units 23 may be subsequently pointedup to resemble the joints between the spaced brick of a brick wall, orif preferred they may of course be left open as initially formed. Themonolithic structure thus produced is suitable for the walls ofbuildings and like structures and the employment of skilled labor toproduce such a structure may be dispensed with, while the appearance andresemblance to a brick wall of ordinary construction is preserved. Atthesame time a Wall constructed in accordance with this invention willexhibit greater strength than one laid up of separate building unitssuch as brick or concrete blocks by reason of the fact that areinforcing grid is embedded therein.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

A building wall comprising a vertically disposed monolithic body pouredfrom a plastic aggregate, a plurality of horizontally elongated,horizontally and vertically spaced facing units embedded in one verticalface of the body, a horizontal longitudinally extending anchoring tongueextending perpendicularly from the embedded face of each facing unitmidway between the top and bottom edges thereof, each tongue being 00-extensive in length with its respective facing unit, a reinforcing gridwholly embedded in the REFERENCES CITED The following references are ofrecord in the file of this patent:

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